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Agustin, Antonio Dialogos de Medallas Tarragona: Felipe Mey, 1587

--------------------------Dialoghi Intorno alle Medaglie Rome: Faciotti, 1592

--------------------------Discorsi Sopra le Medaglie Rome: Ascanio and Donangeli, 1592

Budé, Guillaume De asse et partibus eius libri quinque Venice: Aldus, September 1522

Only edition of the first book on ancient coinage, originally published in 1514.

Chevalier, Nicholas Histoire de Guillaume III Amsterdam: 1692

de Choul, Guillaume Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains Lyons: Guillaume Rouillé, 1556

--------------------------Discorso della Religione, Symeoni, trans. Lyons: Guillaume Rouillé, 1559

Enea, Vico Omnium Caesarum Verissimae Imagines ex Antiquis Numismatis Desumptae Venice: Aldo Manuzio, 1554

Erizzo, Sebastiano Discorso sopra le medaglie antiche Venice: 1559, 1568, 1571

(A Discourse on Antique Medals)

Evelyn, John Numismata 1697

Freher, Marquard De numismate census Heidelberg, 1599

-----------------------De re monetaria veterum Romenorum London: 1605

Goltzius, Hubert Fastos Magistratuum Bruges, 1566

------------------------Thesaurus rei antiquariae huberrimus Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579

------------------------Le vive imagini, Italian edition; and Images presque de tous les empereurs (French Edition). Antwerp: Egidius Coppens van Diest, 1557 (Italian) and 1561 (French)

------------------------Caesar Augustus Bruges, 1574

Gorlaeus, Abraham Thesaurus numismatum Romenorum Amsterdam: 1608

Jobert, le Pere Louis La science des medailles Paris: Lucas, David & Ricoeur, 1692

Landi, Costanzo Miscellanea explicationes Lyon: Honoratis and Racenius, 1560

Lastanosa, Vincencio Las medallas desconocidas españolas Huesca, 1645

Le Menestrier, Jean-Baptiste Medales [sic] illustrées des anciens Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1642

Le Pois, Antoine Discours sur les medailles Paris: Mamert Patisson, 1579

Licetus, Fortunius Hieroglyphica Padua: Sardi, 1653

Luck, Jean Jacques Sylloge numismatum elegantiorum Argentinae: Reppianis, 1620

Menestrier, Claude Francois Science des medailles Lyon: 1694

-------------------------Histoire du Roy Louis le Grand par les Médailles Paris: I.B. Nolin, 1691

Second edition. First edition 1689.

Occo, Adolf Imperatorum romanorum numismata, 1579

Second edition Augsburg: 'Ad insigne pinus', 1601

Orsini, Fulvio Imagines et Elogia Virorum Illustrium Rome: Antonio Lafreri and Petri Dehuchino, 1570

---------------------------Familiae Romenae Rome: 1577

Ortelius, Abraham Deorum dearumque capital ex vetustis numismatibus Antwerp: Philipppe Gallé, 1572

Fifty-four plates represent antique effiges and divinities.

Postel, Guillaume Linguarum duodecim characteribus introductio Paris, 1538

Rouille, Guillaume Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum Lyons: Guillaume Rouillé, 1553

Features 820 medallion portraits. This was published simultaneously in Latin, French and Italisn versions in 1553.

----------------------------Promptuario de las medallas Lyon: 1561

Spanish translation by Juan Martin Cordero.

--------------------------Prontuario de la Medaglie Lyons: Guillaume Rouillé, 1581

Simeoni, Gabriele Les Illustres Observations Antiques Lyons: De Tournes, 1558

Published simultaneously in Italian. Also describes Medals.

Smids, Ludolf Emblemata Herioc Amsterdam: Oosterwyk and van de Gaete, 1712

32 plates, each with 2 medals.

Spanheim, Ezechiel Dissertationes de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquorum. Edition Secunda Amsterdam: Elsevirium, 1671

This is the second edition following the first of 1664 but more highly illustrated than that printing; the volume includes numerous in-text copper engravings depicting coins and monuments, at least one of which is signed, I. Wyngaerden.

Strada, Jacobus Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum Lyons: Thomas Guérin and Jean de Tournes, 1553

A second edition of the Latin in 1557.

--------------------------Epitome du Thresor des Antiquitez Lyon: Thomas Guérin, 1553

Strada published the Epitome in two versions, Latin and French.

------------------------- Imperatorum Romenorum imagines Zurich: 1559

Vico, Enea Le imagini con tutti i reversi 1548 Italian, 1554 Latin

-------------------------Discorsi sopra le medaglie, 1555

Another edition Venice: Giolito, 1558

Vredius , Olivarius Sigilla Comitum Flandriae Bruges: Jan van den Kerckhove, 1693

Compendium of seals of the Flemish nobility, from the ninth century to the time of publication. The most comprehensive work on the subject for 350 years. "Sigilla" were large seals, specific to individuals, used on official documents and title deeds.

Waserus, Caspar, De antiquis nummis

Zantani, Antonio Omnium Caesarum Verissimae Imagines Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1554

Second edition of the Latin translation of Zantani's text. Previous edition in Italian 1548.